Framework Discography of CDs

Framework music CDs "Three of the Twin Cities' most creative musicians join forces for an exciting set of modern jazz!" - Andrea Canter, Jazz Police. Christopher Olson has been active on the Twin Cities music scene for well over a decade, performing jazz, classical, rock, pop, and country music with dozens of local, and a few national, musicians. His album credits include the CD In The Meantime by the quartet, Maintime. A respected educator at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, MN and the Shell Lake Arts Center in Shell Lake, WI, Chris has served on the resource team for the Minnesota chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, and is a board member with the Minnesota Guitar Society. He has also been a featured performer and clinician at camps and festivals from Green Bay, Wisconsin to Cordoba, Argentina. Chris Bates, with his brother, drummer JT, grew up with jazz, sons of trumpeter/bandleader Don Bates. Chris began bass lessons in 4th grade and progressed to jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire before returning to the Twin Cities to study with Anthony Cox. A member of the original Motion Poets, Chris has focused more on composing (he was a 1999 McKnight Composer Fellow) and playing regularly with the Kelly Rossum Quartet, Low Blows, Red Planet, and How Birds Work in addition to Framework, and is often on the bandstand for local and visiting artists like Mose Allison. He's also a busy performer during the annual Minnesota Sur Seine Festival. Of ...

Framework CD discography Track Listing of songs: Emerald City; Dead Prez; Robin Hood; I Know U Love Me; U Wit Dis; Sticky Situations; We Dem Gangstas; Clock Dis Cheese; The Set Up; I Shoulda Knew; Can't Trust No Bush; Ride or Die Chick; Pull Da Nina; Don't Leave Me; Puff Puff Pass; Let's Get Blown; This Is It!; They Ain't Like You; R.I.P.; On the ...

Framework discography The Framework aren't afraid to say it - "it's all been done before". So taking pieces of music and culture lodged in their brains from various places and points in time, they have created a sound that is all their own, with nods to other artists nodding to other artists and always nodding to the beat. The framework is a ...

Framework songs Track Listing of songs: Justice Coming; Hidden; Deteriorate; Broken Mirror; Fuse; Tear Me Down; Never Again; Gatekeeper; Struggle;

Framework CD discography Some bands are born of a master plan, while others are formed on a whim, discovering a common sonic sensibility in the early stages of their musical journey. Toronto-based rock band THE FRAMEWORK followed that latter path when they joined forces in late 2006 to produce what became their trademark, new wave-inspired sound. The Framework deliver an on-stage exuberance and ...

Framework albums Recording information: Acme Sound, Mamaronéck, NY (04/1990); Acme Studios, Mamaroneck, NY (04/1990). Personnel: Laura Seaton (vocals, violin); Erik Friedlander (vocals, cello); Kevin Norton (vocals, synthesizer, drums, percussion, sampler). Audio Mixer: Rory Young.

Track Listing of songs: At the Party; Blue Skyy; Let's Get It; Rebel2thegrain; Reminisce; I Am a King; Another Friendly Game of Baseball (Remix); Gottaunderstand (Bean One Remix); Gold Dust; Sings of the Surface; Mom Cries; Wave; Bboys; 3badbrothaaas; Who Got Fire?; Guess Who's Back (Bean One Remix); That Thing You Do; I Provide; B-Careful;

Track Listing of songs: Sweat It Out; Sweat It Out; Shadow Bouncin';